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Take A Breath Before You Tweet, OR: Internet ADD Wrecks the Good Ship Netflix
Jeez, it’s been practically seven minutes since I checked for new notifications on Facebook. Refresh, nothing. Ohhh, there’s a picture of a kid I vaguely knew from high school and now he’s linking his tweets into the Facebook feed, let me click over there. Do I follow Kim Kardashian or …
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Can’t Touch These Metrics: MC Hammer Announces His Own Search Engine
When it comes to the world of SEO and general web technology, some of us are so jaded we think we’ve heard of everything. Phones we talk to? Check. Virtual reality? Won’t be long until we’re standing on the holodeck. And as far as SEO, everyone and their mom is …
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Naughty, naughty: Google Places turns up risqué photos for cosmetic surgery businesses
Google has a crackerjack team of people helping to make their products bigger and better all the time, or at least, that’s the impression we get from them. I just might have caught an embarrassing typo in Google Docs last week, but otherwise, they seem to be pretty much on the …
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INFOGRAPHIC: Why Content Marketing Matters
Our friends at BraftoN have put together a great infographic on the importance of content in the world of SEO. It’s an established fact that search engines give preferential ranking to sites with the freshest and most pertinent content, but it’s eye-opening to really dig into how important content really …
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There Will Be Blood – Competitors Can Now Destroy Your Google Listing
Google is feeding local business owners to the wolves with their latest Places update. Lior Ron, Google Places Product Manger, announced yesterday evening that Google will be “helping” business owners keep their business listings updated by now allowing anyone, mischievous competitors included, to edit your entire Places listing for you. …
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Netflix Pulls Plug on Qwikster
You may recall that we were mulling over the whole Netflix situation only a few weeks ago, which has seemed to be getting more ridiculous ever since the company announced pricing changes in July that made users choke on their dinners. Twice the price for what they were getting …
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Netflix splits into two companies, says they ‘messed up’
It’s safe to say that Netflix pissed off a lot of people when they announced major changes to their pricing structure this past July. The new setup went something like this: $7.99 a month for unlimited streaming and $7.99 a month for one DVD out at a time. However, …
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Courtroom & Boardroom – Google Acquisitions 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC]
Full Size References List of acquisitions by Google German Govt. Says Google Analytics Now Verboten Europe Inquiry Focuses on Google Business Practice Google Says “Ciao” To Antitrust Claim In Italy Google Set For US Senate Committee Anti-Trust Investigation Google Book Search Settlement Rejected By Court Microsoft Comes Out Of Shadows …
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Google Absorbs Zagat in Their Quest for World Domination
Google has had a busy year. The launch of “Facebook killer” Google+ surely had many of their available hands busy, but apparently not too busy to keep working on acquisitions: It was announced today that Google has purchased Zagat, the well-known publisher of restaurant and business ratings. Marissa Mayer, Vice President …
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Savvy Online Business Builders: The New Snake Oil Salesmen
A Look at the Growing Trend of Internet Marketing Con-men We’ve all seen these people at conferences, pimping out their extra shiny business cards and talking like late-night infomercials – the online business strategists and social media experts. They claim to have the secrets to creating a successful online brand …
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